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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.184
mameti samupāsate
SYNONYMS
nija-ańgam — own body; api — although; yāh — who; gopyah — the gopīs; mama — Mine; iti — thus thinking; samupāsate — engage in decorating; tābhyah — than them; param — greater; na — not; me — for Me; pārtha — O Arjuna; nigūdha-prema — of deep love; bhājanam — receptacles.
TRANSLATION
"O Arjuna, there are no greater receptacles of deep love for Me than the gopīs, who cleanse and decorate their bodies because they consider them Mine."
PURPORT
This verse is spoken by Lord Krishna in the Ādi Purāna.
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